I was referencing to the LaTeX command \hfill http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/TeX/hfill
Ben On 12 Dec 2013, at 14:48, b...@openinworld.com wrote: > Thanks Ben. But why is it required? I think I am missing some basic info how > layouts work on the Morph side, and the few references to #hFill in the image > don't tell me much. > > btw, adding a method #hFill would make it look like less of a hack. > > cheers -ben > > Benjamin wrote: >> >> The empty column is used as a \hFill :) >> >> Ben >> >> On 12 Dec 2013, at 13:57, b...@openinworld.com wrote: >> >>> Hi Damien, Benjamin.V.R. >>> >>> I see in "PharoLauncher-Spec-DamienCassou.17" that the layout of the >>> toolbar buttons is fixed, which is really great. However in trying to >>> learn from that for future reference, seeing it relies on an empty column >>> being added "seems" like a hack to workaround some issue with Spec. Should >>> that be logged as a bug? Or is there some greater architectural background >>> for this that I am missing? >>> >>> PhLCommandTooldbar>>dynamicLayout "(newer)" >>> "Create a spec layout with 1 row, and as many columns as there are >>> command classes" >>> ^ SpecLayout composed newRow: >>> [ :r | >>> r newColumn: [ :col | ]. "<--------FIX" >>> self commandClasses do: >>> [ :commandClass | >>> r add: commandClass specId width: self class toolbarHeight >>> ] >>> ] >>> >>> >>> I tried digging into Spec to look at this myself, and my naive intuition >>> felt it was something to do with initialization of LayoutFrames, but that >>> was my first exposure to LayoutFrame and I quickly got lost. However I was >>> reminded of Igor commenting "i only know that if you using proportional >>> layout, then if you want submorphs to be laid down properly, you must use >>> addMorph:fullFrame: instead of just addMorph:" [1] I tried this with a >>> few hacks, but tit was really shooting in the dark and unsuccessful. >>> >>> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org/msg08838.html >>> >>> cheers -ben >>> <PharoLauncher-fixed-button-layout.png> >> >
